The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-17
a 1exas Land Salt.

WASHINGTON, March IA decision
was rendered by the Supreme Court of
the United States today in the case of
Dolores Del Morally Gonzales. ct al,
plaintiffs in error VS.. Edward Ross, ct
al, in error, to the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Western District
of Texas. This was suit bought, by
the heirs Of Juan Gonzales to recover
possession of eleven square leagues of
land in Kidney County, Texas, alleged
to have been granted to GC1sales dur
in ? his lifetime by the Governments of
Coahuila and Texas and state
of the Republic of Mexico in
the year 1882. The court below
refused to admit as evidence of Con
ZaIes' title so-called testimonio issued
by Teriuento Soto, as Commissioner of
the colony of Rio Grande to Juan Car
los Beals, as Attorney for Gonzales, on
the 18th day of April, 1884. The
''testimonio" was issued without the
authority of the law, and accordingly
entered a judgment for the draft.
This court decides that judgment was
ERRONEOUS. 1t is accordingly reversed
and the case is remanded for a new
trial. Only one other opinion was read
to-day.
NINE RAhDONSs
The President has taken the follow
ing action on applications for pardon:
In the case of Dennis Kelley, convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to
eighteen months Imprisonment at Port
land, Me. He says the defendant hav-
ing been good soldier and his offence
appearing to be the result of
an excitable temperament rather than
malicious intent and the convict hav-
fsr1- kH,A ,Nf h
sentence the pardon is granted to re-
store him to citizenship. He also
granted a pardon to Geo. II. Daubner
sentenced to three years Imprisonment
in Wisconsin for pension frauds. The
President says his offence prejudices
me very much against granting him
any relief, but his sentence having
been served and Ed l.. Bragg, himself
brave and distinguished soldier hav-
ing given the opinion that since
his sentence the convict has be-
haved well, the pardon is granted
for the purpose of restoring him to the
rights of citizenship. He has pardon
ed B. s. Knight. sentenced to two years
imprisonment in the Albany peniten-
tiary for forcibly entering a poStoffice.
The pardon is granted upon the ground
of previous good character, which, be-
ing accused of crime and far from
HOtuC anu dIuOuS SIIduScIS, HO COulu
not show, and upon the further ground
that he has served more than two
thirds of his sentence. He has also
pardoned Samuel NJ. Fleming, sem
fenced in Virginia to three months
imprisonment and $500 fine for
violating the internal revenue laws on
the ground that he has served his full
term and the only effect of the pardon
will relieve him of the fine. He has
also pardoned James McFrath, senten-
aced IN California to thrGS years term
and fine of $50 for assault with deadly
weapons. He has served his sentence
and the fine is only RENTED, the Presi-
dent being convinced of the
justice of this act by what he
described as 1.-The manly and
reasonable letter of the prisoner. ;"
He has also pardoned Caleb Starr, an
Indian, against whom judgment was
rendered in Arkansas upon a forfeited
recogniZance for 81 600 and costs. The
President has refused to pardon David
Shanks who has served his sentence
for conspiracy to counterfeit in Illinois.
Although the pardon was merely to re-
store to citizenship, the President de-
clined to grant it without evidence of
the good character and conduct of the
applicant since his release.